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long hot summers |
1960s. marked a historic shift from the era of sit ins and violent marches, of songs and prayers, to the era of ghetto rioting. |
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freedom summer |
1960s. a highly publicized campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. |
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greensboro sit-ins |
1960. 4 black students from NC A&T College sat at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC Woolworth's store. Sat at the counter and were refused service. |
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U-2 Incident |
1960. AN american u-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union. US government denied the plane's purpose and mission at first, but was forced to admit it was part of a covert surveillance team. Led to deterioration between US-Soviet relations. |
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Detente |
1960s. Easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. Term often use din reference to relations between the US and Soviets. A thawing of tension in the middle of the cold war. |
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Lost generation |
1920s. term used to characterize a general feeling of disillusionment of American literary poets/authors who lived in Europe after WWI. |
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Warren G. Harding |
1920s. 29th president of the US. Conservative Republican from Ohio. After WWI, he promised a return to normalcy. |
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Henry Ford |
1920s. Founder of the Ford Motor company and the modern assembly line. |
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Sacco and Vanzetti |
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were accused and convicted of murdering 2 men during a 1920 armed robbery. After a bogus trial, they were convicted of murder. |
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Marcus Garvey |
1920s. From Jamaica. Urged African-Americans to return "home" to Africa and create their own unique and superior culture. Started the whole "Black Nationalism" movement. |
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
1930s. Restricted agricultural production in the New Deal Era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. First modern US farm bill. Declared unconstitutional in US v Butler. |
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Phoney War |
1930s. Phase in early WWII that was marked by a lack of major military operations in continental Europe. |
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Congress of Industrial Organization |
1930s. CIO. Said it had formed to encourage the AFL to organize workers in mass production industries along industrial union lines. CIO failed to change AFL policy from within, so the two unions split in 1938. |
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Brain trust |
1930s. A group of close advisers to a political candidate or incumbent; prized for their expertise in particular fields. Most associated with FDR's advisers during his presidency. |
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Huey Long |
1930s. 40th governor of Louisiana and US Senator. Created the "Share Our Wealth" program proposing new wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax. Wanted federal spending on social reform programs, but critiqued the FED. |
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Alger Hiss |
1940s. Accused of being a societ spy in 1948. Convicted of perjury in 1950. |
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NSC 68 |
1940s . National Security Council report which shaped American foreign policy during the Cold War. Issued in 1950, and shifted from passive to active containment of communism. |
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NATO |
1940s. North Atlantic Treaty Organization-- an alliance among the US an the countries of Western Europe. |
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Casablanca Conference |
1940s. The Soviet success in beating back the German offense in WWII, persuaded Roosevelt to agree to a meeting with Churchill in Casablanca, Jan. 1943. |
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Henry Wallace |
1940s. Outspoken liberal, hero of the CIO, and secretary of commerce. FDR's VP. |
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American Colonization Society |
1820s. The effort to encourage the resettlement of African Americans in Africa or the Caribbean. |
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Missouri Compromise |
1820. A line through new territory; area to the North was free (except Missouri) and area to the south was slave territory. |
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Era of Good Feelings |
1820s. A time dealing with the expansion of the economy, the growth of white settlement and trade in the West, and the creation of new states. happened during James Monroe's presidency. |
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Tariff of Abominations |
1820s. Tariff of 1828. Extremely high tariffs that angered farmers and made South Carolina want to secede. |
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South Carolina Exposition |
1820s. Document that protested the tariff of abominations; written by John C. Calhoun |
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American Federation of Labor |
1880s. 1886. 1 of the first labor unions in the US; founded by Sam Gompers. Represented skilled craft workers. |
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Dawes Act |
1880s. Provided for the gradual elimination of tribal ownership of land and the allotment of tracts to individual owners; 160 acres per family and 80 acres for a single person. |
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Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Ablest and most effective apostle of imperialism. His thesis was The Influence of Sea Power Upon History. US Navy flag officer who was the most important american strategist of the 19th century. |
